Case Study: Camden Town Brewery achieves reduced payday poverty and on-demand pay access for staff with Wagestream

Camden Town Brewery tackles payday poverty, enabling staff to “Get Paid as you Go”

Camden Town Brewery, a national brewer founded in 2010 with around 160 employees across brewing, engineering, marketing and warehousing, was seeing signs of payday poverty as staff struggled with a monthly pay cycle, unexpected expenses and fluctuating bills. To give employees more control over their finances and improve financial wellbeing, the brewery partnered with Wagestream to introduce earned wage access — its "Get Paid as you Go" offering.

Wagestream integrated with Camden Town Brewery’s September 2018 payroll at no set-up cost, enabling staff to access up to 30% of their earned pay interest-free as they earned it. Within the first three months 30% of employees used the benefit, typically withdrawing 15–25% of earned pay, which reduced reliance on loans and credit, eased cash-flow pressure for staff, and required no disruption to payroll systems; the brewery is now planning additional financial-wellbeing workshops alongside Wagestream.

Camden Town Brewery

Claire Anderson

Head of People